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== Romain Britain == | == Romain Britain == | ||
| − | <center><wz tip="Remains of Aquae Sulis' Bath, that became the eponymous city.">[[File:Bath-14Apr2022-19.jpg|400px]]</wz></center> | + | <center><wz tip="Remains of Aquae Sulis' Bath, that became the eponymous city, April 2022.">[[File:Bath-14Apr2022-19.jpg|400px]]</wz></center> |
| − | <center><wz tip="Modern layout of York and its Minster on top of the Roman fort that will become Eboracum.">[[File:York-20Dec2022-5.jpg|400px]]</wz></center> | + | <center><wz tip="Modern layout of York and its Minster on top of the Roman fort that will become Eboracum, December 2022.">[[File:York-20Dec2022-5.jpg|400px]]</wz></center> |
== Vikings == | == Vikings == | ||
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Some of the finest Anglo-Saxon art can be admired in the Church of St Mary and St Hardulph in (previously) Mercia's [[Breedon on the Hill]]. | Some of the finest Anglo-Saxon art can be admired in the Church of St Mary and St Hardulph in (previously) Mercia's [[Breedon on the Hill]]. | ||
| − | <center><wz tip="Anglo-Saxon art in Breedon on the Hill.">[[File:Breedon-25Jan20-8.jpg|400px]]</wz></center> | + | <center><wz tip="Anglo-Saxon art in Breedon on the Hill, on 25 January 2020.">[[File:Breedon-25Jan20-8.jpg|400px]]</wz></center> |
| − | <center><wz tip="Sample from the Staffordshire hoard, exposed in Birmingham museum | + | <center><wz tip="Saxon crosses in Sandbach to bring Christ to the kingdom of Mercia, on 15 January 2023.">[[File:Sandbach-15Jan2023-9.jpg|400px]]</wz></center> |
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| + | <center><wz tip="Sample from the Staffordshire hoard, exposed in Birmingham museum, in March 2018.">[[File:Birmingham-gallery-Mar18-7.jpg|400px]]</wz></center> | ||
== Norman conquest and Middle ages == | == Norman conquest and Middle ages == | ||
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<center><wz tip="Elena with the famous portrait of Henri VIII in Liverpool's Walker gallery, in March 2018.">[[File:Elena-HenriVIII-LiverpoolMarch2018.jpg|400px]]</wz></center> | <center><wz tip="Elena with the famous portrait of Henri VIII in Liverpool's Walker gallery, in March 2018.">[[File:Elena-HenriVIII-LiverpoolMarch2018.jpg|400px]]</wz></center> | ||
| − | <center><wz tip="Elena and Julia with the last Tudor queen, Elizabeth | + | <center><wz tip="Elena and Julia with the last Tudor queen, Elizabeth I, in Bess of Hardwick's mansion, August 2019.">[[File:Hardwick-9Aug19-9.jpg|400px]]</wz></center> |
== Civil war and revolution == | == Civil war and revolution == | ||
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* {{thisday|29|May|1660}}: Charles II is restored to the throne. | * {{thisday|29|May|1660}}: Charles II is restored to the throne. | ||
* {{thisday|6|February|1685}}: Charles II dies and [[James II]] accedes to the throne. | * {{thisday|6|February|1685}}: Charles II dies and [[James II]] accedes to the throne. | ||
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| + | <center><wz tip="Detail of the key moment of Charles II's great escape, remembered on the chimney of the nearby Boscobel house.">[[File:RoyalOak-22Jan2023-4.jpg|400px]]</wz></center> | ||
== Industrial revolution == | == Industrial revolution == | ||
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[[Queen Victoria]] reigned from {{thisday|20|June|1837}} till {{thisday|22|January|1901}}. | [[Queen Victoria]] reigned from {{thisday|20|June|1837}} till {{thisday|22|January|1901}}. | ||
| − | == World War I == | + | == [[World War I]] == |
<center><wz tip="Painting by Charles Dixon in Chepstow's church depicting a British breakthrough in the Galipoli campaign, for which a local Seaman was awarded the Victoria Cross for anchoring the boats under Turkish fire.">[[File:Chepstow-17Apr2022-3.jpg|400px]]</wz></center> | <center><wz tip="Painting by Charles Dixon in Chepstow's church depicting a British breakthrough in the Galipoli campaign, for which a local Seaman was awarded the Victoria Cross for anchoring the boats under Turkish fire.">[[File:Chepstow-17Apr2022-3.jpg|400px]]</wz></center> | ||
| − | == World War II == | + | == [[World War II]] == |
<center><wz tip="Julia playing, in January 2020, on the airway from which the Normandy invasion was started on 5 June 1944.">[[File:NorthWitham-26Jan20-5.jpg|400px]]</wz></center> | <center><wz tip="Julia playing, in January 2020, on the airway from which the Normandy invasion was started on 5 June 1944.">[[File:NorthWitham-26Jan20-5.jpg|400px]]</wz></center> | ||
== Contemporary Britain == | == Contemporary Britain == | ||
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| + | <center><div style="margin-left:150px;"><wz tip="King Charles III and the Queen consort at the Blue Peter show, with Julia's drawing part of those presented to His Majesty, on 5 May 2023.">[[File:Screenshot_20230628_180019.png|555px]]</wz></div></center> | ||
Latest revision as of 10:58, 11 November 2023
Contents |
History of the British people
Prehistory
Romain Britain
Vikings
Anglo-Saxons
There were three dominant Anglo-Saxon kingdoms: Wessex, Mercia and Northumbria.
Some of the finest Anglo-Saxon art can be admired in the Church of St Mary and St Hardulph in (previously) Mercia's Breedon on the Hill.
Norman conquest and Middle ages
Tudor Britain
Civil war and revolution
Charles I & II
- 10 March (1629): Charles dissolves Parliament and starts an 11-year period of personal rules.
- 22 August (1642): Civil War begins as Charles I raises his standard at Nottingham.
- 5 May (1646): Charles I surrenders to the Scots.
- 30 January (1649): Charles I is executed at Whitehall, London.
- 1 January (1651): Charles II is crowned king of Scotland.
- 3 September (1651): Final battle of the English Civil War with Cromwell defeating Charles II in Worcester.
- 29 May (1660): Charles II is restored to the throne.
- 6 February (1685): Charles II dies and James II accedes to the throne.
Industrial revolution
British Empire
Victorian Britain
Queen Victoria reigned from 20 June (1837) till 22 January (1901).
World War I
World War II
Contemporary Britain
